VALVe breaks free

[angshuman]

Sorry if this is a repost. VALVe have settled their lawsuit against VU Games, and it seems VU will have nothing to do with HL2 after August. There have been several news articles on this today, here's the link to one of them:

 

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22918

 

Although I'm glad, I'm not quite sure about who the "David" was here and who the "Goliath"

 

Now, had Obsidian kicked LA's behind in this fashion, I would have thrown a party (w00t)

 

Angshuman

[Kaftan Barlast]

Any developers dream is to be able to independantly finance and release their games without the pressure and interfearance from a publisher.

 

 

But with companies like LucasArts and Atari that survive by owning licenses, developers dont even have the possibility of a choice. You want to make a Star Wars game, you have to go through LA. You want to make a D&D game, say hello to your new pal Atari.

 

EA though, is by far the worst now that they own the rights to every major sports thing on the planet.

[213374U]

EA though, is by far the worst now that they own the rights to every major sports thing on the planet.

And yet they got owned by Konami's PES4.

[real cool]

EA though, is by far the worst now that they own the rights to every major sports thing on the planet.

And yet they got owned by Konami's PES4.

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kool!!!

[6 Foot Invisible Rabbit]

That is why you don't make games that uses established licenses. I look forward to the day Obsidian makes their own original IPs like Bioware.

[Padmi Skydrunkard]

Cool news. Thanks for the link angshuman

[paragongrid]

Valve has turned into the George Lucas of videogaming....

.....ooooh the irony.

[Child of Flame]

Valve are from now on going to be releasing only via Steam. Steam is totally not a viable distribution source in at least 50% of the world. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

 

<bitter because he won't be able to play the HL2 Expansion, Aftermath>

 

:'(

[jaguars4ever]

EA though, is by far the worst now that they own the rights to every major sports thing on the planet.

And yet they got owned by Konami's PES4.

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Well, naturally PES *DESTROYS* FIFA...but more importantly Number Man now also has a KotOR LEGO® avatar!! (w00t)

[Llyranor]

Valve are from now on going to be releasing only via Steam.  Steam is totally not a viable distribution source in at least 50% of the world.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 

 

<bitter because he won't be able to play the HL2 Expansion, Aftermath>

 

:'(

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"Update: Also, for those of you worrying that we might be left with Steam as the only option for buying Valve games, I received this response from Doug Lombardi earlier:

 

We are making arrangements to continue retail distribution of our products post August 31. Should have more details to share soon."

 

Source: http://www.halflife2.net

[Child of Flame]

Valve are from now on going to be releasing only via Steam.  Steam is totally not a viable distribution source in at least 50% of the world.  Put that in your pipe and smoke it. 

 

<bitter because he won't be able to play the HL2 Expansion, Aftermath>

 

:'(

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"Update: Also, for those of you worrying that we might be left with Steam as the only option for buying Valve games, I received this response from Doug Lombardi earlier:

 

We are making arrangements to continue retail distribution of our products post August 31. Should have more details to share soon."

 

Source: http://www.halflife2.net

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YOU ARE THE MAN LOMBARDI!!!

[WITHTEETH]

Intresting, Im not sure to be happy or cry. Can you resell your gamesm can you lend it to a friend, can you trade it in. I am intrested in how other developers will handle these situations.

 

Steam charges $5 dollars to transfer the "title" to another person. Im uneasy because it may cause problems with time and trouble for the customer. Will our rights be trambled on?

[Bokishi]

I so hate Steam when it's down and I can't play HL2.

[Child of Flame]

I so hate Steam when it's down and I can't play HL2.

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Unless you're playing online, just switch to Offline mode. I play in Offline mode, because the updates are a pain on dialup when they mostly deal with Counterstrike: Source which I only use at LAN Parties anyway.

[DemonKing]

Valve are from now on going to be releasing only via Steam.  Steam is totally not a viable distribution source in at least 50% of the world. 

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Valve signed a multi-title distribution agreement with Activision a little while back (starting with the release of Day of Defeat), so I wouldn't worry too much about the retail market being neglected.

[Kaftan Barlast]

Steam charges $5 dollars to transfer the "title" to another person.

 

 

 

How does that work really? If I buy a new comp or a new network device, will I have to pay that?

 

 

(theoreticly speaking, I dont own Hl2)

[Llyranor]

HL2 is account-specific, tied to your email. You can use your account on any computer.

[WITHTEETH]

Steam charges $5 dollars to transfer the "title" to another person.

 

 

 

How does that work really? If I buy a new comp or a new network device, will I have to pay that?

 

 

(theoreticly speaking, I dont own Hl2)

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Steam is charging you for No its too change the name its under. if you keep the same name your straight. $5 too change/transfer anncount name.